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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 110, Issue 11, Pages 1624-1627Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305858
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- National Institutes of Health [K23 MH 107714-01]
- Mary Ann Tynan Faculty Research Fellowship
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Anti-Asian discrimination and assaults have increased significantly during the Coronavirus disease 7019 (COVID-19) pandemic, contributing to a secondary contagion of racism. The United States has a long and well-documented history of both interpersonal and structural anti-Asian discrimination, and the current pandemic reinforces longstanding negative stereotypes of this rapidly growing minority group as We Yellow Peril. We provide a general overview of the history of anti-Asian discrimination in the United States, review theoretical and empirical associations between discrimination and health, and describe the associated public health implications oF the COVID-19 pandemic, citing relevant evidence From previous disasters in US history that became racialized. Although the literature suggests that COVID-19 will likely have significant negative effects on the health of Asian Americans and other vulnerable groups, there are reasons For optimism as well. These include the emergence of mechanisms For reporting and tracking incidents of racial bias, increased awareness oF racism's insidious harms and subsequent civic and political engagement by the Asian American community, and further research into resilience-promoting Fac tors that can reduce We negative health effects of racism.
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